Before his mind fell into a "power outage" state, Klein only had time for two thoughts:
"So strong, absolutely no way to resist...
"I wonder if this kind of death has any chance of revival..."
Just as his thoughts faded, everything went black before Klein's eyes, and he completely lost consciousness, as if entering the deepest sleep without dreams.
I don't know how long it lasted, but suddenly the lightless, soundless darkness shook, and he faintly, vaguely felt a cold wind blowing against him.
His thoughts slowly began to thaw, and Klein slowly opened his eyes. Above him was a haze, with the crimson moon hidden within, appearing and disappearing.
Did I revive again? Or did I enter the "Underworld"? Even if it's the latter, the problem isn't too serious; maybe I can find the bone messenger to help contact Mr. Azik, but then I'll have to turn into an undead or a spirit world creature... Klein's thoughts were still heavy, as if his head had been filled with paste, and his ideas involuntarily scattered.
Gradually, he sensed his body and heard the thumping of his heart.
His head soon became clear, and he thought it was more likely that he had revived again, maybe even thrown into some wilderness.
Slap!
Klein's joints cracked as he quickly flipped over and stood up. Without checking his condition, he first looked around to confirm his surroundings.
The first thing that came into view was the fog permeating the area and the deep, cold night, and not far away was a small town.
The most prominent building in the town was an old-fashioned sharp-spired church. It was entirely black, without a bell tower, and at its top circled groups of black crows.
Around the church were scattered many buildings: ordinary two-story houses, simple wooden huts, a bakery with a sign, a gray mill powered by a water wheel, but there were no pedestrians; they seemed to be fast asleep in the quiet, peaceful night.
As a "Fortune Teller," Klein immediately felt that this town looked very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere!
After a brief recollection, he remembered what it represented.
This was the source of danger in the ruins of the God War at night!
After entering the easternmost area of the Sonia Sea, when night falls, if anyone doesn't sleep and doesn't enter the dream world, by the time dawn breaks and noon arrives, they will be found to have silently disappeared. Once, Klein was awakened from a dream by the "Black Saint" and saw in the far distance of the sea, under the calm night, such a mysterious and eerie foggy town!
He even suspected that all the beings that disappear in the God War ruins at night go there.
Now, he himself had come, just less than a hundred meters away from this foggy town!
Related to Darkness... The target vanishes as if wiped away... That high-ranking Church member's ability isn't to directly obliterate enemies, but to send them here? Do the beings that disappear in the God War ruins at night also encounter something similar? But it's said that divination cannot find their whereabouts, only that they might still be alive... Of course, it's also possible that I can revive, so I ended up here... Amid these thoughts, Klein withdrew his gaze and used his "Jester" ability to examine his own state.
He had returned to his Klein Moretti appearance, but was still wearing the black robe of a cleric belonging to the inner guards, and there were no signs of injury on him.
Having been through many experiences, Klein quickly calmed down. He reached his right hand into his pocket, opened the tin cigarette case, took out the folded human-skin glove, and put it on his left hand.
After confirming that "Creeping Hunger" could still be used, Klein picked up Azik's copper whistle, brought it to his lips, and blew it.
However, in his quickly activated spiritual vision, the bone messenger did not appear.
Klein wasn't too surprised by this; rather, he found it normal. After all, those who disappeared in the God War ruins at night in the eastern Sonia Sea had never been found. Over the years, there must have been many Beyonders among them who could summon messengers, like members of the Spirit Church.
Is this place completely isolated from the Spirit World? So it seems, "Travel" can't be used... No wonder the Church sent this high-ranking member to deal with the Backlund Great Smog incident; she sends her targets here, which seems like eternal exile and imprisonment. With simple, normal methods, it's certainly impossible to contact the outside world or escape from here. Even saints would find it difficult... Klein didn't panic; he was confident.
He immediately put Azik's copper whistle back into the tin cigarette case and began to prepare for the four reversed steps.
He was going to use the method of going above the Gray Fog to break the "imprisonment" of this foggy town!
"Fusheng Xuanhuang Xianzun..."
"Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianjun..."
"Fusheng Xuanhuang Shangdi..."
"Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun."
Klein said a step for each word and quickly completed the ritual.